Vibro-massaging apparatus

ABSTRACT

A vibro-massaging apparatus having a housing with a body and cover wrapped with an impermeable flexible casing suitable for covering the housing beyond the seal between the body and the cover proper, the junction between the casing and the body being water-tight.

United States Patent [191 Zambelli 1 1 Dec. 16, 1975 VlBRO-MASSAGING APPARATUS [76] Inventor: Claude Jean Virgile Zambelli, 6, rue

Cattulle Mendes, Paris, France, 75017 [22] Filed: July 30, 1974 211 App]. No: 493,075

[30] Foreign Application Priority Data July 30, 1973 France 73.27853 [52] US. Cl. 128/32; 259/1 R [51] Int. Cl. A61H 1/00 [58] Field of Search 128/32, 33, 41, 3436, 128/242, 65, 66; 259/1 R, DIG. 41, DIG. 43;

[56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS Frohring 128/41 X 2,779,328 1/1957 Grossi 128/41 X 2,920,618 1/1960 Oster 128/33 3,115,139 12/1963 Schneider 128/32 UX 3,351,539 11/1967 Branson 259/1 R 3,710.784 l/1973 Taylor 128/242 OTHER PUBLICATIONS RAS Enterprises, Ina-Received in P0. 7-1-71.

Primary Examiner-Lawrence W. Trapp Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Browdy and Neimark 5 7 ABSTRACT A vibro-massaging apparatus having a housing with a body and cover wrapped with an impermeable flexible casing suitable for covering the housing beyond the seal between the body and the cover proper, the junction between the casing and the body being watertight.

5 Claims, 4 Drawing Figures US. Patent Dec. 16, 1975 3,926,180

VIBRO-MASSAGING APPARATUS The invention relates to a vibro-massaging apparatus.

Vibro-massaging apparatus are known which are used for body massages, vibrations being produced by means of an electric motor incorporated in the apparatus.

The question comes up of using such a vibro-massager in a bath or under a shower or in sea water.

The solution which consists in making water-tight the various seals contained in the apparatus leads to a complex manufacture and high costs. As a matter of fact, such apparatus usually comprise a housing made of two parts, one of which is the main part or body whereas the other is the cover, and these parts should be easily and quickly separated for changing the batteries which supply power. Moreover, such apparatus comprise a control member, namely a switch-button, which is to be actuated from outside and therefore passes through the housing. Water-tightness of the cover and body assembly is not easily obtained and the same applies to the switch-button or the like traversing the parts.

The vibro-massager according to this invention is characterized in that it comprises a rubber or like material container which by cooperating with the body, preferably with a shoulder thereon, ensures by its mere positioning tightness of the seals with respect to the external medium.

The vibro-massager is made water-tight by a simple and economical means without modifying its general structure.

The following description refers to the attached drawing in which:

FIG. 1 is an elevational view partly in section of an apparatus according to the invention;

FIG. 2 is an elevational view at 90 from the first;

FIG. 3 is an elevational view of the apparatus, taken from the face opposite to that of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a plan view.

The vibro-massager comprises a parallelepipedic housing 11 made of a body 12 and a cover 13 connected by merely nesting one into the other; in the housing is located the electric motor and the batteries for supplying power to the motor: the face 14 of body 12 is provided for engagement with the part of the human body which is to be massaged.

The body itself is made of two parts: a part 15 comprising face 14 and an adjacent part 16 of larger crosssection than part 15 and connected to the latter by a shoulder 17.

An electric switch 19 with a push-button 20 projects from the lateral face of part 16 of body 12.

The cover 13 has vertical faces 21 and 22 extending from the vertical faces 23 and 24 of body 16, inclined 2 faces 25 and 26 and an upper face 27 parallel to face 14.

A rubber or like material container or wrapping 28 extends over part 16 of the body and cover 13. lt has 5 parallel side faces 31, 32, parallel faces 33 and 34 perpendicular to the first ones, inclined faces 35 and 36 and an upper face 37. The latter is connected to a bandle 38 with two branches 39 and 40 and a handle bar 41. The container is formed with an aperture bordered 0 with a roll 42, and an appendix 44, the shape of which matches that of the switch 19.

When the housing 12 is covered by container 28 and the roll thereof is tightly applied to under the shoulder 17, part 16 of the housing, the cover 13, as well as switch 19 are sealed from the outside and water-tight, so that the so equipped apparatus can be immersed in water without there being any risk of water penetration into the housing 11 either through the seal 43 between the body 12 and the cover 13 or through a traversing hole of the push-button switch 19,20.

The flexibility of the rubber sheet of which the housing is made enables the pushing of the button 20 by pressing on the appendix 44. The impermeable container is conformed in accordance with the shape of the housing which can be cylindrical or of any other shape.

I claim:

1. A vibro'massaging apparatus comprising:

a housing consisting of a body and a cover, said body and said cover joined together by a seal, said body including a massaging face and a shoulder located between said seal of said body and said cover; and

an impermeable flexible casing covering said housing beyond said seal between said body and said cover, said casing having a roll bordering an aperture of said casing which cooperates with said shoulder and having a junction between said casing and said body which is water-tight.

2. A vibro-massager according to claim 1, comprising an electrical switch projecting from the body, characterized in that the casing delimits a lodging for the switch.

3. A vibro-massaging apparatus comprising:

a housing consisting of a body and a cover, said body and said cover joined together by a seal, said body including a massaging face,

an impermeable flexible casing covering said housing beyond said seal between said body and said cover and having a junction between said casing and said body which is water tight; and

an electrical switch projecting from said body wherein said casing delimits a lodging for said switch.

4. A vibro-massaging apparatus according to claim 3 further including a handle depending from said casing.

5. A vibro-massaging apparatus according to claim 1 further including a handle depending from said casing. 

1. A vibro-massaging apparatus comprising: a housing consisting of a body and a cover, said body and said cover joined together by a seal, said body including a massaging face and a shoulder located between said seal of said body and said cover; and an impermeable flexible casing covering said housing beyond said seal between said body and said cover, said casing having a roll bordering an aperture of said casing which cooperates with said shoulder and having a junction between said casing and said body which is water-tight.
 2. A vibro-massager according to claim 1, comprising an electrical switch projecting from the body, characterized in that the casing delimits a lodging for the switch.
 3. A vibro-massaging apparatus comprising: a housing consisting of a body and a cover, said body and said cover joined together by a seal, said body including a massaging face; an impermeable flexible casing covering said housing beyond said seal between said body and said cover and having a junction between said casing and said body which is water tight; and an electrical switch projecting from said body wherein said casing delimits a lodging for said switch.
 4. A vibro-massaging apparatus according to claim 3 further including a handle depending from said casing.
 5. A vibro-massaging apparatus according to claim 1 further including a handle depending from said casing. 